Starbucks brews up political petition drive

Company asks customers to urge Washington to 'come together'

2:36 AM,
Oct. 12, 2013

Written by

Bruce Horovitz
| USA Today

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is urging consumers to invest in something more than coffee at his stores this weekend: citizen action.

Frustrated with the inability of the federal government to resolve its ongoing budget stalemate, the nation's largest coffee chain will become a de facto headquarters in the next several days for a megapetition that Starbucks vows it will share with Washington officials.

Newspaper ads promoting the three-day petition signing appeared Friday in USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Starbucks encouraged customers ...